The same set of marks appears on the following box and on, among others, a number of boxes in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Seelig has noted that Louvre inv. no. OA 6778, which is very similar in decoration to the present box, was presented in 1784 by Empress Maria Theresia to Wilhelm von Althausen, auxiliary bishop of Münster and Osnabrück, on the occasion of the election of Archduke Maximilian of Austria to the archbishopric of Münster, thus providing a definite terminus ante quem for a box with this set of marks. A third box with the same flowered stripes in pink and green within intertwined green laurel and white bead borders, set with imitation agate landscapes, appeared at auction in 1954.
The the plaque depicts Mercury in the clouds above Herse and one of her sisters, each carrying baskets of flowers. It appears to be an original composition rather than derived from an engraving. 

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